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3 Maui officers rescue residents from fire at home

Rookie Gershom Slonim comes across the blaze first and helps five people out

By Gregg K. Kakesako

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Aug 28, 2012

~~<p>A rookie Maui police officer is credited with saving lives when he entered a smoke-filled Kahu­lui house early Monday, woke up residents and helped extinguish a fire.</p>
<p>Officer Gershom Slonim, 24, was driving through the neighborhood in his patrol car when he saw heavy smoke coming from a two-story home at 656 S. Papa Ave. at 2:26 a.m.</p>
~~

A rookie Maui police officer is credited with saving lives when he entered a smoke-filled Kahu­lui house early Monday, woke up residents and helped extinguish a fire.

Officer Gershom Slonim, 24, was driving through the neighborhood in his patrol car when he saw heavy smoke coming from a two-story home at 656 S. Papa Ave. at 2:26 a.m. Login for more...



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